Responsibilities

As a Communications Systems Engineer, you will own the connectivity backbone of CHAOS's fielded systems — 5G/cellular, SATCOM (e.g. Starlink), point-to-point wireless, and tactical mesh radios. You will bring rigorous systems engineering practice to the comms domain: verifiable requirements with traceability, defined architectures and interfaces, disciplined trade studies, and verification from factory test through field deployment. Your mission is to ensure every communications solution is selected, qualified, validated, and ready for field deployment.
Systems Engineering
Translate mission, customer, and business needs into verifiable, traceable system and subsystem requirements for connectivity
Develop and maintain connectivity architectures, interfaces, design descriptions, and ICDs across cellular/5G, SATCOM (LEO/MEO/GEO), point-to-point wireless, and tactical mesh networks
Perform design analysis and verification — RF link budgets, key performance parameters (EIRP, G/T, C/N0, Eb/N0, throughput), antenna placement and pointing, handover behavior, and regulatory compliance
Lead trade studies weighing performance, size/weight/power, cost, availability, and compliance — including forward-looking needs such as non-line-of-sight links, elevated relays, and GPS-denied synchronization
Hardware Selection & Qualification
Evaluate, select, and qualify comms hardware (cell modems, SATCOM terminals, P2P dishes, mesh radios) for field robustness and regional compatibility — verifying RF bands, regulatory suitability, and export/AT compliance before purchase or baseline, and managing regional variants in the product BOM
Collaborate with suppliers, satellite operators, and service providers to develop and integrate connectivity solutions
Integration & Test
Integrate comms equipment into factory test plans with clear pass/fail criteria, and establish pre-ship verification on representative system hardware with in-country SIMs and bands
Support system integration, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis from lab through field deployment — driving corrective actions into the baseline; participate in technical reviews and embed with product scrums to verify baseline compatibility

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Senior Communications Systems Engineer

Responsibilities

Qualification

Preferred

Benefits

Company

Chaos Industries

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